Word: aunt
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Josabell, aunt of Joas, wife of the high priest, Miss Clara...
...appear once more on the stage where he has made so many successes in the past. Little need be said about the play. It is sufficient to recall the fact that it is one of those bright, farce comedies, of the same class as "Charley's Aunt" and "The Private Secretary," which are put together for laughing purposes only. With one exception the company is the same one that supported Mr. Wilson during his previous engagement at the Bijou Opera House. The part of Tilly Duval, of the Apollo Music Hall, loses none of its effectiveness in the hands...
Eulalie Lux, her aunt, F. V. Briesen...
...writes to the elder Richard Streicher asking him to paint the portrait of her niece, explaining at the same time that she thoroughly disapproves of young artists. The young Richard Streicher receives the note and takes in the situation. He disguises himself and so wins the confidence of the aunt by his politeness that she leaves him with her niece. He then reveals his identity to the niece and in the course of several sittings gains her love and then the consent of her father to their marriage on the condition that he shall secure the consent of the aunt...
...note book of a cynic who reformed on attaining his majority." The change in the name is interesting, but the ten "stray leaves" do not show any marked improvement over the Kodaks. Though none of them attempt to be humorous, several are very pleasing. The other prose articles are "Aunt Mary," by G. B. Philbrook, and two sketches by H. B. Eddy; one of the latter being an unnecessary contribution to the literature of Adam...